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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

This ended up being a two part project- I originally had this idea for merely the tag. But since the new Challenge was using the texture paste with the layering stencils, I decided to go ahead and make a patriotic background as well. This card incorporates sp many of Tim's products, I just love it.

The tag itself was made using layering stencils with texture paste for the stars and distress ink for the stripes. I used Tim's rosette die to create the ribbon and his blueprint stamp USA (cut out with my Stamp 2 Cut), then water colored and glossy accents to give dimension and texture.

The background is a full on flag made by repeating the layering stencil stars using texture paste. I then colored over each section with the Distress stains, wiping off the stars (as a resist) when I was finished. And YES that is white distress stain Picket Fence in the middle layer- LOVE that!!. A little black soot around the edges to grunge it up!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

In the studio today and so excited to try out my new mini Distress ink pads- LOVE them!! I followed Tim Holtz's inspiration and example for the tag itself, but played with all my layering stencils to create different backgrounds using the monoprint technique that Tim describes.

I just love this technique....

I chose the star background (as did Tim) for my tag. The colors in this technique are just amazing!!!

For this tag I didn't stray too far from Tim's idea, but plan to make some additional tags with my own unique ideas using these great backgrounds. I will definitely share when complete.

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I first became interested in paper crafts back in 1998 when I purchased my first "scrapbooking" kit from the Creative Memories consultant at the Big E. After getting the stuff home, I realized I wasn't really interested in scrapbooking, but loved paper and inks! Immediately I turned to card making and stamping and over the years my style and love has changed greatly. While I still love making the clean and simple cards and projects, my passion is for anything and everything grunge and inky.